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Showing the Prevalence of Gambling Under Mayor Cregier.Graphic Description of Awful Scenes at Hankins' Dinner-Pail Game,might be kept down ho instructed his Inspector of Police, Mr. EhersoUl. t«» arrest every gambler that was ojs-rut-ing on the good people --f Chicago. it seems, however, that Mr. Elifrsold, the Ikmw of the gambling business, lots not gut the light kind of men attending to the gambling work, for they have very poor snccessiu finding the places w hen* this pecnliur kind of business is curried on. If Mr. Elnrsold w ill get some new men and give them eaeh a copy of the Ea.lr, with proper ilist rnetinns, he will soon have hi* suition-hou.ses filletl with “sports, chips, and gambling paraphernalia. If lie does not do something Mayor t regior hud bet ter put some **m in charge of the matter who can and will attend to it, for the Mayor knows full well that the people who hired him to Mayor did mi with the express understanding that he should enforce the law against all sorts of rascality. It is not for I din to say, as lie well knows, whether gambling shall lie tolerated or not.The people, the sovereign people, have already said that it is unlaw ful to gamble; and these same people, whom Mnyor Cregier is hired to serve. e\poet1Ilt; UK. A A ItOI 1.1Having swallowed “ Old Whiskers.I chroma for Captain Marsh, with Tin Bugle's a mpliments.\ 1lt; I) II VMvlShe now ides the roost.the lios whenthe ball str.pi . The house.are carried out. Of course the Mayor, j be seen at mice, has two in thirtyhim to see that their expressed wishes j thirty-live h.........• 1 ... ,\J »»..., AI ! I... .1 ..• pets it willA Place Which Carter H. Harrison Closed Tighter Than a Clam.Under Harrison Hankins wasTwice Indicted and Convicted,Under Cregier He Is Coining Money and Bossing Political Conventions.Eveiy Brick in Hankins’ Magnificent Michigan Avenueare playing at a table guesses will 1 inad,• on all the numbers. After pay* 1 dr. ing the losing number the house 1m* | tl.« the profit of two beta. Or. in other lim words, if a mini guesses thirty-seven wt»; times lie will beoiit two bets. A great atm many men play the red or black. The | hui percentage against them iu ihis i- iwo 1 m*' in thirty eight, for thirty-six tlnmhers tei ,uo either red or black, and the tingle I twain! double O are green. Let n ai: an bet one dullnr at a time thirty eight lo*--times, and with even luck lie loses two - ti ■ dollars—one dollar in nineteen. lt;*r ingPurchased will) Criminal Money. Earned by the Violation of Laws.I impccl or Eberwdi 'I'hUpn i ■*aail«*mlilt;l I kliotO|crn pH,But as a Surpressor of Gambling He Is an Absolute and Dismal Failure.The firsl Mellioilivt It luck m a In-mi-quarters for ii Portion of the Trust.Facta for Docent Poonla lo Read, R.*-wciubsr, and Stora Away to U?o Against D. 0. Orogier.1 always a busy man, cun not go around the advantage. When -evera! pcuph to all these gambling houses and make them close, but the people have pro*I vidcd for that, and they allow him to appoint a man and instruct him to see that their laws are not V'ieionsly trampled under foot. If tin- Mayor does not get a man to attend to this matter people will begin to think that he is i unite willing to sacrifice the law to his • own persona, wishes.There are some laws that tiro to belooked ftt by a good Mayor with a generous eye, but the gambling law is not one of them. A very fexf people de-1 rive some benefit from gambling, but n whole lot of men. women, and children are made to suffer for it. Who are the people that contribute one thousand dollars a day the Hankins house? They are hard-working men. who would be good citizens if they coulil use the fruits of their labor for the benefit of themselves, their wives, and their children. That they ought to know better is not sufficient, ajiology for the existence of such places, and the apology does not*keep them out *-f jail, nor their poor innocent families out of the poor house.There are evils against which strong laws are made, that the innocent shall not be made to suffer. One of tnew; evils is gambling. No good comes of it to the community at large, w hile tin* vice entails much suffering, and tends to a general inco-asc of crime. There!lt;-l!.-\«* u: tail i great -e-.lluglj- itw-v mail*' i lute the swim ,a the a,|erafe n! h is I,.,siiltering ihmII w ill g-**k lo we--k irviug |. Ills losings. I'll! nlw •re Involve*!. |,ei.i» win bn.*It i ay* getting more .in.I aacumuln'- on every K.o-rtnocx-r nil kimt* »,«* mum* for Willi which to gamble until the -oglu • r agent, starring lumtlv lt;ho man t* me uamtaiMiou of sonic crime that (units him in iu.ll.'ll» Will1*** 1*0* V llltl.A h«l*u*s-rollon up iiy the mere existence el ■ lul ling t,«»ll are so mim-oin-. that■ atir. The- tinell l«e w ho■lingi life.for n salary, afp-nx. -ml these go in uuil out of - In such steady ulii'iuie llmt thov u: J-ih'-e I the ’Pinner pall firlg-‘ stud pok*-r. ri e luiiiKt* tabes nr, Iter interest iu the play tliilM t I i he cards and rake off a good lot hips nut -*f each |*oi. The pluycm •• lieitt each other, hut when tin x play is over t he biggest share o money which lias come !•* tin il i.s I*,, pluvial for has found it into the dealer's drawer. A goon i-poker gnim will mlie off Iwo dm! dollars per da\. About t-n pluy at a time, am) if twn Mils of in,*li sit at mu* table i'-- n day. with ity dollars each iu firtilit of tlieni, their luck is •- ptnl. they will each ton dollars, which will lie the price lionno has charged them for play-Every stud-pokct player paysrcw ii-'-i-)- - x- opt s-In thw pla-'o liioe any i*)*-of giuntillng Unit is ilnie- i umnt. Two iloors nra -to, aiiil \vh*ii tin1 huii-ii* iwhoI ho nstuh listi-u.iger-■ tr.Uonvor spuri.. whogaums.Jhirtuji ilio In-urn i)n- gaiiios - tin mu-li -Ini, are c.-Ust.uifl)- shining, so Ihut ntuidier f men who try lln-lr I on- h day mu- up into nnriv Inindi Faro is tlin most pepuljir f tin* this h--ii.se. although tho liuxoro. meI siiul- |H-k-i The fan- gam s,|nnrc. l-ni I t till I II l«fgC Tl«-us».*. Tin*lal.l. -I paI Tho* wvli-kn.-wi ti-y i'hfongi r-wors that h.in-l (h« I k*■gang* ,u ui ill ,»i n s’iiiki .Irislll|* uuil inIK-l-telr Infot no -Mluli I .-.iilieiover five per cent, against him. A t: - rate for the privilege of playing, man betting the moderate sum of pne j dollar at each turn of the ball make* i\ In* must win ten dollars before hi is even. No one can play the gam,* upwards of one hundred bets well enough to pay this price for plav-in an hour, for which privilege ing. A man may, bv n streak of good lie pays something over If ho loses luck, mid t*v reason of the very bad ^•iOiti an cveiiiug of less than four luck- I’ the other players, make an o*--hours' play, lie has no need to cure,- caainnal winning, but if he .....-his luck, for lm has been ipiite as lucky us the house, and 1ms only given the game its percentage.This is tin’ very bcitt a person «*a1 expect when playing against u gun.•-where lie Inis nothing but tho percent age to try to beat, but when lie tackles a cln-Hter he will have less sport f .-his money.Hazard,or chuck a-luck. is about tie-same a* roulette, for the player. It--bets that three die* shaken out of a box will sin - w under ton or over lt;*|,*v. n It must come high -*r low, hit thoto piny that hohe will find in the Ikt i« n big loaer., I I V M IIIIIIL I'itltl'I.KM.-n in-'li-icd t-els.* whcitl-iiiin--* iii. lue not WIU)t*”l ll -In* lUhiiKiut. nnb'Kn lliey t*fi tr-**-lv m, drnil-ln earilw,’ ho tin- huii'i- * an u*-t thu nd van Inga wpllt». Men w-ho liinlor-Hliin-I faro, and tr tfielr iiinlliodH ot play endeavor to reduce the percent ago against themsnlveH. are coolly r»i'„lvi**l. uuil olleti given I-- iind«r*iiind llmt tlu-ir game is not want -J. The dcslriibl*- player Tor Iho pro-pr|ei(ji-s is lie- workingman, wli*,- kimwl-. tig- .-f brl.-ks and nmiMr may * • good, bill W'li'.Hi* kin-wledg-* id par ••-ulngeH Is- lie*ime«1 !tlio■ the ii|g , iiro prh—lpallygaihorlng ui tioinnniiv l'o|ll|iUllH. tlilnVi s arid v bowed ninth ,ihor al n|i hoi ana day. Now ill,• pin; bushn-sB men. 'Fho t-otling m high enough lo Hiilt aim,■«! any on-. 111 1 .l-llun* I—Ir g ihellrab ’flesnles far*.- roulette and hai-.« ard. th«v run n regular draw poker game, which lakes the place oi tin* si ml poker played al tho other open lion-os.ail.i, and a»IIIH. \\I I* Ing lt;„lA I l-U MIIC I ,• i,,xi him •arc no two siib-s to this miestioii. and ln-usc callsthere is no reason why tin* sworn ,-tli-lt;-ern of the law should wink at the crime. I'ulilic. “wide-open gambling’’ can be stopped, and it is not only tho moral duty ,,f the Mayor to sec that it is stopped, but it is hia Kworii obligation to do so.That there will bo a little sly gambling going on, under tin enforcement of the law, in pr-dmbl true, lbit what is a lit11«- gambling by hitting the few to the present wholesaleKVstc.ui of gambling by the muuy ? People will steal, but that should not cause the authorities to countenance stealing.Ever since Coin slew Abel people have been committing murder, but because it ennuot bt- wholly stamped out is no reason why it should be permitted.| If the people want public 1 let them any so. nnd the)-nliitivanylet of fill-,-grand flu* bigduly elect-gamblers a- protect said the“TTiareallowed “their ] makernfllo.” ami they pnv neith-nor the low on tHr- rattles. This is big percentage every player l«-i against whoVackb-s tin* game. It tin* laiBt In* can got, but it is by r means the worst. Experts ,-an toi [ tin' dice into the Isix *-o doxlerotisl Cam- that (lie clmnves of high or low ai•gid largely uinlnrlhcir I’onlvol. Thcnagaii dice arc used, so that a mu inl junonsly on on«* side, ai: playing a system of progression,In? amazed to sec, the other **id« is, fiinie tlt;* win until his lust chip isgou In lliut kind of n game it i« just n. -potion with tho man who handh-s it dice, how long In- will let the vi, »i play w ith His money.Faro is regarded by a great maii.v ii game in which the percentage iigstin the player ik very smnll. Then i however, xneh a strong percentage Ih a man must hcexceediUK lucky to be 1‘he “split* in the game amou -niething l,*sa lluiu two in each der t n.eau* I he house will take halfsi-lita. Tin i ' ma% be am* dollill All V|)si|N A »v II A s1.1,, l.ititi- I,...III I I llil*II iv |, |-vs AVI, UM.IITM \ V.lidding their thatItMIOV s -.11,1has
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Chicago Eagle
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sat, Dec 28, 1889
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